Rainbow's Mentorship

The three of you enter the local burger restaurant. This place doesn't seem to be busy, but it isn't noon so there is the difference. It’s just an average number of people here. ”May I take your order?” The male worker asks. You walk up to the counter and look at the menu. Burger, cheeseburger, double-double, bacon burger, chicken sandwich, 'The Heart Stopper' the list goes on with different types of them.

“Uhh…”

Rainbow Dash pushes you aside. ”Just three burgers, my good man.” The cash register rings. ”Uh, Anon?”

“What?”

”The dude always pays for the date.” You sigh and rummage your pocket to pull out your wallet and take out all your money. Just as you’re counting, Rainbow Dash takes it and hands it over. The cashier leaves most of it alone, and gives back the change. Dash dumps a couple of dollars in the jar and gives the rest to you. ”Alright, that’ll do.”

You put it in your wallet and follow them to a vacant booth. “What was—“

”Ah! Pretend I’m not here. I’m just helping out when things get stuck.” You could’ve handpicked the menu yourself. Hell, even you could tip the guy. Just not that much money. You see Fluttershy looking at her finger, while moving it around the table. Rainbow Dash bumps your arm. ”Psst, don’t just wait there, talk to her!” For fucks sake.

“How was your day, Fluttershy?”

She stops and looks at you. ”Hm? Oh, it was, not bad.” An awkward pause surrounds the booth.

Rainbow nudges your arm and rotates her hand. ”Keep going.” She whispers.

“How are your classes? Are they that difficult?”

”N-no, not really. Just struggling with chemistry, but I’ll keep on trying.” She says with some positivity.

“I can help you with that.”

”I-I don’t want to be a bother.”

“It’s not. It would actually make me happy to help you.”

”Good! Nice job so far.” Rainbow whispers to you.

”A-are you sure? I should call my mom if I could stay out a little longer.”

Rainbow pushes you and moves in closer. “Go ahead, I’ll wait.” She gets up and walks into the restroom.

A small bell rings from the counter. ”Pick up order! Three burgers!”

”You’re up Anon. I’ll go and check up on her.” You get up, letting Rainbow to go into the same restroom. You just remembered that the restrooms only have a one person limit. Now you’re worried on how embarrassed Fluttershy could be by now.

You take your tray from the counter as the guy winks at you. ”So, not a guy that gets around?”

“I’m sorry?”

”Your date. She seems like she wears the pants in the relationship.”

Does he think that… “What? No, no. I’m not going out with her.”

”I dunno, looks like she’s the one doing your work, while her friend just watches you guys.” You look at him for a while. ”Come on. Hey, it’s a not bad piece of ass.”

“Whatever you say.”

”Dude, just don’t wimp out. At least snap your spine back in place.” You ignore him and walk away. ”Just helpin’ out.”

You sit down and wait a while for them to come out. A few seconds later, the door for the women’s restroom opens up. Fluttershy doesn’t look like what you were anticipated. Instead of being ashamed, it just looks like she’s being dragged down by something. Usually she would always be depressed about something, but she would never admit to what it is.

”It took some persuading, but we’ve got enough time before she needs to get home.” Rainbow Dash scoots in while Fluttershy follows. You’re facing Fluttershy, while Rainbow is in the sidelines. You pick through the bag and hand over each burger to them.

”Thank you.”

”Thanks, Anon." Rainbow Dash unravels her burger and munches down. Something tells you she eats first, taste it later. Fluttershy takes her burger apart, and separates the lettuce away.

“You don’t like the lettuce?”

“No, it’s just that Angel needs some food. I don’t want him to starve, so I give him what I have.” She puts it in a napkin and slides it into her backpack.

“That’s very thoughtful of you.” Her checks have a red hue on them.

”Nice job, stay focused on her.” You nod as Rainbow finishes her sentence.

“How was the bathroom break?” Wait— You stretched that into hard territory.

Rainbow pushes you while Fluttershy looks away. ”Um, w-well, i-it was…” She moves her burger around, possibly trying to spell it out. ”Hard at first, but Rainbow Dash helped me.” Oh sweet recycled filth of Sweden. ”There’s nothing to worry about. W-we shouldn’t talk about it.” You don’t want to know what the hell was going on behind that door. You knew that they’re close friends, but this sounds different.

For half an hour, it was some small talk between you and her. Rainbow Dash tried to throw out some topics for either of you. It’s not bad to have a wingman, but when it’s a girl, it’s completely different. You and Rainbow Dash waited for Fluttershy to finish up her food. She’s a slow eater, especially where each bite is not even a mouthful. At least she didn’t leave any of it to go to waste. All of you walk out and wonder on what to do now.

”Dude, try heading somewhere.” The day is still young, but where else could you go?

“How about the park?”

”I like it.” Fluttershy comments.

”That’s not exactly what I’ve had in mind.” Rainbow grumbles out. You choose to ignore it and head down a few streets.